Marry a powerful minister and remain a widow?I’m done with the book-wearing female role!

In just one night, the Ma family's case shocked the whole city.

Jiang Yuzhu went downstairs to have breakfast in the lobby, and listened to the discussion between the shopkeeper and the diners, analyzing the case in great detail.

"Although Ma Lao Er seems innocent in this matter, Cuilan's son looks like Ma Lao Er, and he was the one who reported it to Ma Lao Er!"

In order to fight for the property, Ma Laoer secretly "took great pains".

"I heard that Ma's family has been jailed, and Xiaobao has been taken away!"

When something like this happened, the Ma family's relatives felt embarrassed and no one showed up.

Someone took Xiaobao away, and everyone was surprised.

The shopkeeper stroked his beard and pretended to be profound: "Why did you forget the key point? Xiaoxiao's disciples saved Cuilan and Xiaobao, and they were very kind to mother and son. She crashed to death in front of the hall, and Xiaomao was very kind to Xiaomao who saved them. The thief never mentioned it again."

"Yes, and the belongings in the North Street house. I heard they were sold for a lot of money."

Cuilan had been with Old Man Ma for many years, and she had to bring some money with her. She probably gave it to the little thief Tuogu.

Everyone sat around and discussed, but in the end they didn't say anything.

By noon, the medicinal material merchant had prepared all the medicinal materials and asked the escort team to take over.

After checking the quality, Jiang Yuzhu sent someone to deliver a letter to Shen Zhilan, and the group was ready to set off.

Shen Zhilan and her daughter returned to the inn, bringing with them a middle-aged woman with a sad face and a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old. The girl kept her head lowered and her expression could not be seen clearly.

Privately, Shen Zhilan held Jiang Yuzhu's hand and sighed: "My mother remembered that she had a distant cousin who married in Beidi. More than ten years ago, the two of them had written letters, but they ended up later."

"According to the written address, my mother came to the door and was told that the original owner had moved away long ago."

In order to find the person, Shen Zhilan spent money to ask someone to inquire, and finally found the person.

"My cousin aunt has entrusted me with a bad person. My husband cheated on me by eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling, and ruined the family business. He beat his wife and daughter when he ran out of money. He is really not that good!"

Shen Zhilan came to the door just in time for a thrilling scene.

The man was tied with a rope, his eyes were scarlet, and he was about to break free from the rope and roll on the ground.

The rope was embedded in the flesh and was suddenly torn off. The man was holding a hatchet and was going crazy to chop his wife and daughter to death.

"My mother is timid and almost fainted from fright."

Shen Zhilan asked her neighbors for help. The neighbors were afraid of being resented, but in the end, money could make things work, so Shen Zhilan paid for it.

"My cousin bought a kind of medicinal powder at a high price. After smoking it, he felt very happy, became extremely manic, and almost wanted to kill someone."

There is really no need to get entangled with such a jerk.

Shen Zhilan made an agreement with her aunt and cousin to send a carriage over at night and pick the person up quietly.

When I went to Jiangnan, with the support of the Shen family, I was not afraid of scum making trouble at all.

"Besides, with his skeleton body, he won't live long."

Shen Zhilan's words showed disgust. She went into the city at dawn and found out that a bizarre murder had occurred in the city.

When they returned to the room, Hong Jin took the lead in the door and made a gesture to Hong Li to close the door.

"Madam, according to your instructions, my servant interrogated Boss Ma at night and found out that the medicinal powder was indeed bought on the black market through Cuilan."

Black market transactions are shady and it is difficult to find the source.

However, Hong Jin found clues and followed the clues to find several prodigal sons in the city who had failed in their ancestral business.

Among them was Shen Zhilan's cousin.

"These people were controlled by medicinal powder, and their huge family fortunes were emptied bit by bit. In the end, their families fell into ruin, their wives and children were separated, they died, and they were disabled."

"The medicinal powder came from Suzhou City, Jiangnan Province, and has been there for some time."

Ordinary people cannot afford this kind of "immortal powder", so they sell it to merchants who have money and are looking for excitement.

"What did you call it?"

Jiang Yuzhu was surprised. She remembered that her second brother Jiang Huaiqing went to the south to inspect the shop and brought many strange medicinal powders.

In addition to the Spring Breeze that Zhao Fendie wants, there is also Shenxian Powder.

"Second brother also gave me a pack."

Because of the high price, Jiang Huaiqing was reluctant to use it and left the best to Jiang Yuzhu.

Jiang Yuzhu, however, thought it was Huan Hao's medicinal powder and was not interested. She threw it casually into a box in Xie's house and buried it at the bottom of the box.

"Shenxian Powder has done a lot of harm to people. Most of the families in the city who have had ancestral businesses for several generations have fallen into ruin."

The huge family fortune was sold off bit by bit, and in the end not even the mansion was left.

Hongxiu traced the clues and found out that there was a family living in a slum in a slum in the north of the city. They drank gruel three times a day, which was worse than ordinary people.

"That's the crux of the matter."

Purify the rice hull flower and create the harmful thing called Shenxian Powder, just to harm people?

Relying on the black industry behind him, he successfully harvested a large amount of money.

Millions of taels or more of silver have flowed into the pockets of the man behind the scenes. Is he just trying to make money?

If you have more money, you should have other thoughts and want to get greater benefits.

Only by gaining enough power can you protect your money.

Jiang Yuzhu boldly guessed that in addition to human trafficking, the money earned by Shenxian San was enough to raise private soldiers and use them for rebellion.

So, is the person behind the scenes Xuanjia?

"Madam, shall we write a letter to inform the master?"

The more Hong Jin thought about it, the more frightened she became, and she asked hurriedly.

"Don't alert the snake yet. After Jiangnan investigates secretly, you can go there yourself."

It’s not easy to be a mastermind behind the scenes, and writing letters is undoubtedly the fastest way to expose someone.

Moreover, Jiang Yuzhu was not sure whether Xie Zhao knew about it.

"Hongjin, you can find a way to buy some fairy powder, put two white mice in a cage, and take them to the road."

Among the maids, Hong Jin was the most cautious. After Jiang Yuzhu gave orders to Hong Jin, she lay down on the couch and took a nap.

Before the group left, the official from the Yamen sent a message.

Hong Li was so surprised when he heard the new news: "Madam, Boss Ma strangled himself with an iron chain in prison."

"is it?"

Jiang Yuzhu didn't blink, not surprised, "It was the prefect who interrogated Boss Ma about the source of the medicinal powder, so he took the opportunity to commit suicide in fear of crime, right?"

"Madam, you know things like a god, I admire you!"

Hong Li clasped his fists, "I can't figure out why Boss Ma committed suicide. He clearly said he wanted to see his son Xiaobao one last time."

"Why do you think he committed suicide?"

Jiang Yuzhu said this, no more, she would not say anything more.

Thanks to the fact that Boss Ma was replaced by a prisoner in advance, Hong Jin was interrogated alone. If he had waited for the other party to take action later, he would not have been able to find out the source of the medicinal powder.

It was getting late, and before closing the city gate, Jiang Yuzhu and his entourage left the city with a mighty escort team escorting the medicinal materials.

In the shadow of the city gate, there were two people whose eyes always fell on the group of people.

One of them said: "Let's use Boss Ma's son to force him to death. He will die without any evidence. Jiang Yuzhu is an idiot. He shouldn't notice anything, right?"